Books like Rules
12 books with a reading profile close to Rules by Cynthia Lord. Inward-looking and clear-cut; an easy read.
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The One-in-a-Million Boy
by Monica Wood
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ona Vitkus is a 104-year-old woman who agrees to let eleven-year-old Quentin, a Boy Scout looking for a service project, visit her on Saturdays to help with chores and chat.
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2
Orbiting Jupiter
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Twelve-year-old Joseph is sent to live with a foster family after his parents are unable to care for him due to his mother's mental illness.
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3
Pictures of Hollis Woods
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Hollis Woods is a twelve-year-old girl who has been moved from one foster home to another and has run away from many.
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4
Liar & Spy
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Seventh-grader Georges moves into a Brooklyn apartment building after his father loses his job and his mother begins working double shifts at the hospital.
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5
Still Life with Bread Crumbs
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Rebecca Winter, a once-famous New York City photographer, finds her bank account dwindling and her artistic relevance fading as she enters her sixties.
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6
Girl in Translation
by Jean Kwok
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Kimberly Chang is eleven when she and her mother leave Hong Kong for Brooklyn, with little English and a debt to her aunt Paula, who owns a clothing factory.
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7
Saving Francesca
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Francesca Cassarini begins her sophomore year at St.
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8
Kira-Kira
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Katie Takeshima is a Japanese-American girl who grows up in Georgia in the 1950s, and her older sister Lynn teaches her the word "kira-kira," meaning glittering, as a way of seeing the world.
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9
Inside Out & Back Again
by Thanhhà Lại
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Ten-year-old Hà lives in Saigon during the Vietnam War, where she stays close to her mother and three brothers while mourning a father missing in action.
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10
A Mango-Shaped Space
by Wendy Mass
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Mia Winchell has synesthesia: she sees sounds as colours and letters carry colours too.
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11
Felix Ever After
Also inward-looking · narrative, literary
Felix Love is a Black, queer, transgender teenager attending a summer arts program in New York City while navigating the complicates of identity and self-worth.
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The Reading List
Also inward-looking and clear-cut · narrative, literary
Set in Wembley, London, the story follows Mukesh, a lonely widower struggling to connect with his bookworm granddaughter, and Aleisha, a distressed teenager working a summer job at the local library.
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